Torrontés

Name given to several
different Spanish varieties but most famously encountered as the name of three
distinct varieties in Argentina where they produce full-bodied, crisp wines
with a distinctively grapey and confident aroma not unlike Muscat. Torrontés
Riojano is the most common, an accidental crossing of Muscat of
Alexandria and Criolla Chica, named
after the northern province of La Rioja where, in Salta in particular, it is by
far the most planted single vine variety. Torrontés Sanjuanino and the
rarer, less aromatic Torrontés Mendocino are also grown.